News from 2021

Ports and Shipping Minister Rohitha Abeygunawardane, along with the Trade Minister, has secured Cabinet approval to release confis…

Agricultural Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage said today there were no moves to import organic fertilizer as reported. He told pa…

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to unveil the elevated highway project on the New Kelani Bridge to Athurugiriya, as well as the c…

No decision has been taken as yet over the reopening of schools in the country, Education Minister G.L. Peiris said. Addressing th…

All branches of eight main private commercial banks will remain closed from today (07) due to the prevailing travel restrictions. …

Sri Lanka Tourism, recently announced their plans to develop a ‘city tourism’ strategy to position Colombo as a tourism hub in…

Sri Lanka would no longer be able to target tourists from the UK as a decision has been taken to place the island nation on the re…

The vaccination priority list is to be subject to several changes with the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines in future, the Health Mini…

Sri Lanka’s cricketers have agreed to tour England, it is reliably learnt. According to sources at Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), the …

Steps will be taken to introduce another special sticker for vehicles operating during the traffic restrictions for essential serv…

An SMS service will be launched informing the public details of administering the second doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines in t…

With the increase of the number of daily COVID positive cases in the country, it is not practical to lift the islanwide travel res…

Sri Lanka has barred passengers with a travel history to South America and South Africa – including transit – in the past 14 d…

Prime Lands Residencies Limited is scheduled to be listed on the Diri Savi Board of the Colombo Stock Exchange(CSE) with effect fr…

FY21 Revenue up 30% Dividend of LKR 1,013 million FY21 PAT up 10% Dividend per Share 0.75 LKR WindForce Limited, which listed on t…

National badminton champion Niluka Karunaratne will be representing Sri Lanka in the Tokyo Olympics 2020. The two-time Olympic shu…

Furnace oil from tanks at the Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery has overflowed following heavy rain and is threatening the Kelani River. I…

State owned retail network Lanka Sathosa will be open across the island from today as directed by the government to ensure the mas…

Public Security Minister Sarath Weerasekara today denied reports that he ordered the bus transporting 14 persons including model P…

The number of COVID related deaths among senior citizens and elderly persons at home has increased compared to the first and seco…

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today requested the UK to provide technical assistance to study and evaluate the damage caused to the…

Russia will dispatch 65, 000 doses of its Sputnik V vaccine next Friday, State Minister Prof. Channa Jayasumana said yesterday. Un…

The UK government has announced that passengers from Sri Lanka will be put on "red alert", that would require a quarantine period …

Former Sri Lanka captain and chief selector Sanath Jayasuriya was appointed head coach of a club in Australia on Friday, joining t…

All the licensed wine stores Island-wide would be sealed until the travel restrictions are lifted on June 7, the Excise Department…